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Chicago: Marshall Field & Co. 1930s. 7 1/2" square booklet, with four full-page color illustrations, and b&w line drawings illustrating nursery rhymes. Two handkerchiefs - same design, in different color schemes, attached. Edgewear, some foxing and staining to pages.
The Prize 1903 by 13 chromolithograph plates - 1903
by 13 chromolithograph plates
The Prize 1903
by 13 chromolithograph plates
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London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Contains 13 full page chromolithographs plates (including frontispiece) and many other full and part page relief wood engravings together with numerous stories and poems for children. Bound in red cloth with black and gilt embossed decoration and titling to upper board and blind embossing to lower board. The Prize was published as a monthly journal for children and could also be bought with the 12 issues bound into a single volume, which is what is being offered here. With each month was a chromolithographic plate and the January issue also contained an extra 'free' chromo plate, hence the 13. It is the richness of these chromolithographs that makes the Prize very popular with collectors. The colour plates in this volume include Little Red Riding Hood, a Marmoset monkey, children dressed in winter clothes with their muffs, dogs and other animals and so on. It provides a wonderful 'snap shots' of typical Victorian / Edwardian life, showing the clothes and activities and numerous animals. An extremely interesting and well presented window on a different era and world. Contains a 32 page catalouge at the rear of other Wells Gardner books. 8vo / 23 x 18 cm. 164 pp plus 32. Specific condition: Backstrip sunned and top/ tail bumped. Slight grubbiness to lower board. Clean and tight contents and chromos in superb condition...
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1903
- Keywords CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED, VICTORIAN, EDWARDIAN, THE PRIZE, dog, puppy, animals, etchings,
Kiddie Handkerchief Book
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The Adventures of Charlie Chimp and His Friends
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London: Juvenile Productions Ltd Colour frontispiece and three colour plates, many illustrations within the text, some of which are full page,(and three of which have been coloured in by hand, reasonably tidily], small thick quarto, pages very browned due to poor quality paper, front and rear hinges slightly cracked, many internal hinges cracking and weak, one gathering becoming particularly tender and protruding a little from the fore-edge, original pictorial boards, rubbed and a bit worn and marked, corners worn through to the boards, spine fraying at top and bottom, and lacking a few small pieces at the bottom. VERY SCARCE.. Pictorial Cover. Fair.
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The Three Bears : A Jerry-Sue Talking Book
by Douglass, Donald R.
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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San Francisco: Talking Books, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Douglass, Donald R. Pictorial cardboard casing with illustration and title printed onto upper board, title printed onto spine and illustration printed onto lower board, 4to (11 inches tall), "Copyright 1959" stated on title page, pp. [title page], 14. A complete and near very good copy of this scarce item, with less than the normal wear and tear expected from a children's book-toy. Audio from record much less than perfect, rust to staples of booklet, soil to cover with edges rubbed, slight contour to top board from height allowance of underlying finger operated handle, all illustrations and text still clean and bright.
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Winter of Enchantment
by Walker, Victoria
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- 9780246639592 / 0246639598
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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U.K.: Hart-Davis, 1969 Very Good First Hart-Davis Edition 1969 In Very Good Unclipped Dust Jacket. Remnant Of Book Plate On Ffep.Light crease to both front board and Dust Jacket. Clean Purple Boards With Gilt Lettering First Novel Written And Illustrated By Victoria Walker.
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The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book: Containing The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, The Baby's Own Alphabet
by Walter Crane
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Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, United States
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Exterior covers are Very Good, Interior Hinges broken. Original illustrations by Walter Crane
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Henry the Castaway
by Taylor, Mark
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- 9780701150068 / 0701150068
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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U.K.: Chatto & Windus, 1973 Stated First Printing With Reinforced Binding But Not An Ex-Library Book, Spine And Title Page State Atheneum (New York), Copyright Page States Chatto & Windus, Published Simultaneously In Canada By Mcclelland & Stewart, Copyright 1972. A Very Nice And Scarce Copy, Near Fine Bright And Clean Green Boards With Slight Bump To Lower Front Corner, Gift Inscription For Christmas 1973 On Endpaper. In Good Plus Dust Jacket, Clipped And With Closed Three Inch Tear To Lower Front Panel Plus Numerous Chips With Some Loss To Corners And Spine Chips. Oblong 10 X 9.5 Inches.
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Les Oursons Déménagent
by Gretz, Susanna; Sineux, Michel
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- 9780510124021 / 051012402X
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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Paris: Ernest Benn Diffusion Garnier, 1981 Almost Near Fine Copy Of The French Language Version Of A Particularly Scarce Title From Susanna Gretz' Well Loved Teddy Bear Series. Pictorial Glossy Boards With Felt Pen /Remainder? Mark Across Upper Edge. Some surface ruibbing/impressions to boards. No Writing Or Marks. Very Clean And Bright.
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Gone is Gone: or The Story of a Man Who wanted to Do Housework
by Gag, Wanda
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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GONE IS GONE, BY POPULAR CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR WANDA GA'G. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. 1935 Coward-McCann First Edition, Stated Twelfth Printing Thus. A crisp, clean copy in a nice yellow unclipped dust jacket. A nice find.
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Snippy And Snappy
by Gag, Wanda
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Ga'g, Wanda: Snippy And Snappy. Illustrated with Woodcuts. 1931 Coward-McCann 1st Ed., Stated 21st Printing Thus. Exlib. Good Plus condition/ in clear mylar wrap. Does not include a dust jacket. A clean, solid copy. Nice. Please see our photos. RARE.
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GEORGE'S MARVELOUS MEDICINE
by Dahl, Roald
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- 9780394846002 / 0394846001
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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New York: Knopf, 1982. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 8vo. Quarter yellow cloth and blue boards, with blue spine lettering. 89 pages. Light foxing to inside covers and end papers. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$7.95" price intact) has slight wear at corners and spine ends, and a small chip at top of rear panel, near spine. A collectible copy of the first American edition.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
by Mabel O'Donnell; Alice Carey
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.
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Bob Son of Battle
by Alfred Oliphant
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force. Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
by Elmay Crow
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories
by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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- 9780399212987 / 0399212981
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
by Leaf, Munro
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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